What are some of yours?What are your views or opinions on child beauty pageants, or pageants in general?
In my opinion, these parents are doing this to their kids so they can live vicariously through them. If you listen to the mamas, most of them have been in the pageants as well when they were younger or are trying to do something that they were never able to do.
I wouldn't put my child through that. These poor little girls seem so excited at times .. until they realize what all it entails. They want to look pretty and play the ';princess'; but they don't realize the pressures that come with being the ';princess';.
My daughter came to me when she was little and said ';Mama, my cousin is in a modeling agency (my niece was part of John Robert Powers agency at the time) and I would like to try that, too. Do you think I am pretty enough?';
I thought about it and thought about it. I talked to my husband about it as well, we made the best decision together for our daughter. We let her do the audition.
She won the part for Best Buy, but when she realized how much time and effort was going to be put into the classes and the actual filming, well let's just say, she didn't want to do it anymore. They told her that she was going to have to be there at the agency a lot of her free time to do classes and practice makeup and all that.
She was not comfortable with all the cameras, the people, the competition, and the learning. She dropped out of it before she ever even went to filming.
I was glad that that was HER decision. Not mine, not my husbands, hers. I didn't want her to feel pressured into that.
It may be for other little girls but not my little girl. She is now almost 18, beautiful, smart, and ambitious. She is soon to graduate from high school and going onto college in the fall for nursing.
Had she went the other route, only God knows what would have become of her. This way she knows what she wants, can reach for it realistically, and not have to feel pressured.What are your views or opinions on child beauty pageants, or pageants in general?
My opinion is that child beauty peagants are a great and horrible thing. If the parents are mean and demanding and make their child do pageants or coach them meanly and make then fell not good about them selves I think it is mean. Some girls really enjoy it though. It makes them fell confident, strong, beautiful, graceful, and just really proud and good about themsleves. Most girls love being on stage and having fun. Toddler Pageants are ridiculous!! The 2 - 4 year olds that don't enjoy it should not be entered in one theres no point ... If you ask me It depends how old the child / teenager/ adult is and if they like it or not ... it really depends with all of that if they are mean or not
haha i just watched that also!
i think its kinda disturbing
especiallly when they call the little girls
';ladies'; and ';women';
and how some of the girls don't really realize
what they are doing and
don't even really want to do it.
also its just not right
for such little kids to have so much makeup on
and do provocative dance moves...
overall
i find it facinating and creepy
i would never subject a child to that
regular beauty pageants for teens are fine
they dont bother me.
besides the fact that beauty is so
important in our society...
but its no big dealio.
I think it is very wrong to make little girls, especially toddlers, to be put into beauty pageants. These young girls are much too young to be taught to look a certain way and act a certain way and have all the stress put on such a young child. That's why many teenagers these days become sick with anorexia, bulimia and so on.
jeeze people not all pageant moms are like them.
i did a lil when i was young and once ma thought i was losing interest she stoped asking if i wanted to do them and it was over i never got tanned,or flippers (though i see the point of them)
hey if my daughter had hair id probably have her in one but i refuse to use hair pieces on a baby.
some of my friends have their girls in them and one of my friends mom is the director of a large one. and they all look down a little on the' fake look' Colour/bleached hair, spray tans,false lashes, contacts(blue/purple).
they are great for young ladies to earn scholarships, do you not want help for your childs education? and have your child kind of earn it?
I think that the show is actually really interesting and entertaining, but as far as pageants go, I think it's really pretty strange. It's sick how the little girls are put so far out, i.e. fake tans, hair pieces, etc. and the parents are FREAKS. But, on the other hand, all of them look like they are enjoying it at the same time...so I can't judge that. It's weird and gross, but they like it. Basically, I don't really have an opinion...let's just say I wouldn't put my precious babies in those things ;)
Plus, these girls are going to be SO self-absorbed by high school. They'll think themselves better than everyone. Some of them aren't that far gone, but others you can totally see in 10 years. It's sad and scary.
What are your ideas?
i think it should be up to the children to participate in the pageants. i can't stand some of those horrible stage moms and those flippers and spray tans. but some of them are actually like able. last week there was a little girl named allie and she and her mom were pretty tolerable. and then there was that overweight redhead who seemed pressured by the mom!
sexist....have you ever seen a guy participating in a beauty pageant? also, i think it kind of encourages kids in thinking about clothes and make up and hair too much, especially when they are little and should be, like, playing outside or something.
i'm not torn at all. I think that they are sick when they involve little children. Once teens and young adults become involved with them, that is their choice... I find it a little silly but to each their own...as long as they consent, i.e. not a brainwashed 5 year old little girl (that's just manipulative)
I don't think it's good at all. They say, ';It boosts their confidence,'; How can it do that when you are constantly worrying about how you look and ';winning?'; When those girls reach high-school they are going to be SO vanity absorbed- it'll be ridiculous.
i liked that show it was interesting. some of the little girls were so fake looking, spray tanned, way too much makeup. but a few stuck with the natural look so they didn't look creepy.
when i see those girls i can't help but think of jonbenet ramsey.
I think child ones are really horrible, but when you get older and actually want to do them, i mean i wouldnt stop you, but i would never do one in a million years
Parading kids around to the point of sexualizing them and possibly scarring them for life just so the insecure parent can live vicariously through their kids...? I'm gonna say negatory.
i wonder what they're gonna be when they grow up. IM SO SERIOUS. IT JUST SO WEIRD TO SEE SUCH LITTLE THINGS DOING BIG STUFF. I THINK. SORTA.
degrading and stupid.
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